North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum claimed during the Republican primary debate that China 'controls 85 percent of the rare-earth minerals.'
against the “big three” American automobile companies, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis . Burgum interrupted to make his statement after the moderators allowed several other candidates to answer, then attempted to move on to the next question without giving him the platform.
“We’re missing the point, and every other network is missing the point. The reason why people are striking in Detroit is because of Joe Biden’s interference with capital markets and free markets,” Burgum asserted. “The subsidies — we’re subsidizing the automakers, and we’re subsidizing the cars, and a particular kind of car, not every car. We’re particularly — we’re subsidizing electric vehicles.”
“And when you decide that we’re going to take all of your taxpayer monies, take a billion dollars, subsidize a certain type of vehicle, and the batteries come from China. China controls 85 percent of the rare-earth minerals.” “China is moving 100,000 pounds of earth in Indonesia, in Africa,” he continued. “They’re literally destroying the planet so that we can make them make a battery that’s in a car subsidized here. That’s why they’re striking — because they need two-thirds less [China dominates both rare-earth mineral production and processing, the latter giving Beijing control over most of the world’s supply. China
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